Chapter Twenty-Three: The Strange Sword Shakes the Heavy Ride (I)
Guo Zhiyun looked at the strict appearance of the Tubo army in the distance, looked at Pei Min with a little worry, and said: "The Tubo heavy cavalry should not be underestimated!" The Chinese army is all foot soldiers, can it really withstand the assault of the heavy cavalry? ”
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However, the heavy cavalry has been carried forward in the hands of Tubo, which has excellent war horse resources, and the iron ore resources on the plateau are also extremely rich, which has the prerequisites for making heavy cavalry.
Their heavy cavalry combines the characteristics of the eastern armored cavalry and the western heavy armored cavalry, forming the unique heavy cavalry of Tibet, covered with iron armor, both soldiers and war horses are armed to the head and feet, leaving only eyes to see, particularly fierce, can be said to be famous far and near.
Pei Min said cautiously: "Even if there is, it will only be three thousand at most." I have two thousand Mo sword troops, so why fear their heavy cavalry? Guo Gong is relieved that this time will definitely make Tubo unpleasant. ”
Guo Zhiyun nodded, but he didn't say anything, and the worry in his heart remained undiminished.
The Modao Army is indeed a sharp weapon of the Tang Dynasty, but except for Li Jing in the early Tang Dynasty, few people can really exert the power of the Modao, and it may be okay to deal with the ordinary cavalry Modao, but if you really want to deal with the Tubo heavy cavalry, you may not be able to bear it.
But now, he doesn't have any good ideas. With the strength of Pei Min's army, even if he can't stop the heavy cavalry, it is enough to consume it, and he can hold out until he and Li Yide break the deadlock, but they just lose some more soldiers and horses.
As a veteran general in the army, Guo Zhiyun has long been downset about life and death.
Pei Min squinted, put his hand on the pergola to block the wind and snow blowing on the side, and looked forward, within his sight, the heavy cavalry of the Tubo front army had already taken Teng Dun and began to prepare for the sprint.
He also followed up and gave an order: "Pass the order to Li Siye, just say that today's battle, the key is up to them!" After a pause, he said: "Tell him that raising troops for a thousand days will be used at this time, let him behave well, and cooperate with Jiang Yue's strong crossbowmen to attack!" ”
Knock knock!
As the dreary and dense drums of war sounded rapidly, hundreds of flags waved at the head of the formation.
The strong crossbowmen led by Jiang Yue and the Mo sword soldiers led by Li Siye went out at the same time.
The crossbowmen are in a square formation, and the Modao soldiers are divided into two teams, the left and right, and the guards are on the left and right sides of the crossbowmen.
The Tubo heavy cavalry, whose speed was gradually increasing, had already tested the range of the crossbow, and the superior power of the Tang army's strong crossbow was vividly displayed at this distance.
"Shoot horses, don't shoot people, shoot arrows!"
In the face of the Tubo heavy cavalry, Jiang Yue behaved very rationally and calmly.
The Tibetan heavy rider has a strong jacket and armor inside, and a Teng shield in his hand to protect the vital point, no matter how powerful the crossbow arrows are, the damage is limited. Shooting a horse is different, as long as you shoot down a horse, it will cause a chain reaction that will seriously affect the speed of the cavalry behind. As for the rider on the horse, he can't escape the trampling of the war horse at all, and will trample his own people into pulp.
The first wave of crossbow arrows poured out, and the dense crossbow bolts broke through the air, and the first row of heavy cavalry, which bore the brunt of the attack, fell to the ground one after another, throwing the rider on horseback out of the air.
The rider with excellent skills in the back overtook the horse at the first time to avoid it. Some of them did not react in time, and they directly bumped into it and fell to the ground.
Regardless of whether or not they avoid the heavy cavalry, without exception, they will affect their own speed and will not be able to exert ten percent of their strength.
Jiang Yue used a three-stage burst fire tactic, a powerful suppressive force, directly before the two armies came into contact, he had already caused more than 500 casualties to Tubo, and the lineup was scattered and almost collapsed!
Si Mo Lang's heart was dripping with blood, the cost of the heavy cavalry was extremely high, he was promoted to marshal, so that he could be equipped with two thousand five hundred heavy cavalry, and now it was the first time that they were called to charge the battle, but he didn't want to kill a single one, and he had already lost five hundred.
I was distressed, but I was helpless. This Tang Army's strong crossbow advantage is beyond their reach.
Even if they spent countless efforts, they couldn't get the design drawings of the Fuyuan crossbow and the Zhang crossbow from the Tang people.
Now only by quickly approaching the Tang Army can there be a chance to retract! Crossbowmen are useless in close combat!
There was no need for him to give an order, and the commander of the former army, the Commander of the Army, had already given the order to continue the charge.
The heavy cavalry was apparently well-trained, and gradually regained its form during the run, and continued to sprint.
At this time, the Mo Dao Army had already formed a swap with the strong crossbowmen, and the two thousand Mo Dao Men formed a human wall to block the front of the heavy cavalry.
"Array!"
Li Siye shouted!
Mo Dao Hand was unmoved in the face of the might of the Tubo heavy cavalry, shoulder to shoulder, shoulder to foot, and stretched out the Mo knife in his hand for a long time, forming a hedgehog-like defense line, covered with thorns, making people nowhere to speak.
Cavalry is known as the ancient armored tank and has the reputation of the king of field battles, but this does not mean that cavalry is equal to invincible.
In history, there are many examples of infantry riding.
Just because cavalry also has fatal wounds, as long as the terrible impact of cavalry can be eliminated, cavalry may not be more practical than foot soldiers.
There is also a premise involved here.
It takes a foot soldier to be able to reach the tsunami-like impact of the cavalry. This is easier said than done. But if that doesn't happen, it's all.
In the face of the onslaught of the cavalry, the foot soldiers in the array could not be the slightest timid.
You must have the will to not move like a mountain, you must have the determination to die and not move your feet, and you must see yourself as the Great Wall of flesh and blood, and dare to defend the defense line with your life. Only in this way can he rely on his own flesh and blood to resist the tsunami-like power of the cavalry.
Otherwise, the cavalry will be resisted by foot soldiers, and only the formation will be torn apart.
The Shence Mo Sword Battalion is only a new army that has been established for one year, and it is logically difficult to have such courage and will.
However, everything has an eventuality, and the commander of the Modao Battalion is Li Siye.
It will be a gall in the army!
The general's every move directly affects the performance of the soldiers.
The two thousand Mo Dao battalions formed a phalanx like hedgehogs, and Li Siye stood alone in front of the two thousand people, standing there like a mountain and a ridge, treating the cavalry in front of him as a dog.
For this is the case, what is there to fear from the soldiers!
The most critical moment is coming!
The time has finally come for a bloody battle.
Pei Min, who was in the Chinese army, looked at the battlefield motionlessly, and only felt that his heart was going to "poof, poof!" "Jumping out of the mouth!
Although the speed and impact of the Tubo heavy cavalry allowed the strong crossbowmen to interfere, although he believed in Li Siye and believed in the brave and powerful general in history. I believe that in the poem Saint Du Fu's verse, "The strange soldiers are not in the crowd, and ten thousand horses save the Central Plains...... The lonely cloud follows the murderous aura, and the birds avoid the door".
But when this step was about to collide, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and be a little worried......